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1月18日，2009年韓國羽毛球超級賽展開最後一日角逐。在男單決賽中，馬來西亞名將李宗偉在苦戰三局後，以1比2負于丹麥名將皮特-蓋德，無緣冠軍。女單方面，丹麥名將拉斯姆森以2比0擊敗法國選手皮紅艷，獲得超級系列賽兩連冠。

男單決賽在3號種子皮特-蓋德與頭號種子李宗偉之間展開。首局，李宗偉在8平後打出一波3比1的小高潮，以11比8領先進入中局的休息階段。休息過後，雙方爭奪得較為激烈，一度戰至16平。平局之後，李宗偉突然發威，在連得2分後，以18比16佔據場上的主動權利。皮特-蓋德則不急不躁，他及時調整狀態，並在上演一出5比0的好戲後，以21比18先勝一局。易地再戰，李宗偉信心不減，以11比3領先進入中局的休息階段。在隨後的比賽中，李宗偉牢牢地控制住場上的節奏，最終幹淨利落地以21比10扳回一局。在決勝局中，皮特-蓋德狀態有所回升，以11比6領先進入中局的休息階段。此後，李宗偉曾頑強地將比分追近至15比16，皮特-蓋德在關鍵時刻穩住陣腳，在打出一波5比2的小高潮後，以21比17再勝一局，從而以2比1力克李宗偉，摘得桂冠。

女單方面，2號種子拉斯姆森在決賽中對壘4號種子皮紅艷。首局，拉斯姆森在開局打得較為順手，以3比1領先。隨著比賽的深入，皮紅艷逐漸適應了場上的節奏，其前三拍的質量也隨之上升，加上拉斯姆森則失誤連連，皮紅艷抓住機會，連得5分，將比分反超至6比5，並以11比9領先進入中局的休息階段。休息過後，拉斯姆森在加強進攻力度的同時，減少失誤，掀起一波6比0的得分高潮，以15比11確立領先地位。局末階段，皮紅艷曾在以16比20落後之後連救3個賽點，一度將比分追近至19比20。緊要關頭，拉斯姆森提高警惕，在把握住第四個局點後，以21比19取勝首局。在第二局中，拉斯姆森在以4比5落後之時打出一波7比2的得分高潮，以11比7領先進入中局的休息階段。休息過後，背水一戰的皮紅艷曾一度將比分追至19平。關鍵時刻，拉斯姆森表現得沉著冷靜，最終在連得2分後，以21比19再勝一局。2比0，拉斯姆森完勝皮紅艷，問鼎桂冠。

混雙方面，北京奧運會冠軍、韓國組合李龍大/李孝貞在決賽中配合默契，以2比0戰勝泰國組合宋波爾/庫恩查拉，站上最高領獎台。兩局的比分是21比8和21比7。

在女雙決賽中，頭號種子中華台北組合程文欣/簡毓瑾以21比19和21比8直落兩局戰勝2號種子韓國組合李敬元/李孝貞，獲得冠軍。

男雙方面，4號種子丹麥組合鮑伊/莫根森表現出色，以2比0(21比12和24比22)擊敗2號種子韓國組合鄭在成/李龍大，奪得冠軍。

比賽結果：

男單：蓋德（丹麥）擊敗　李宗偉（馬來西亞）21-18 10-21 21-17

女單：拉斯姆森（丹麥）擊敗　皮紅艷（法國）21-19 21-19

男雙：鮑伊/莫根森（丹麥）擊敗　鄭在成/李龍大（韓國）21-12 24-22

女雙：程文欣/簡毓瑾（中華台北）擊敗　李敬元/李孝貞（韓國）21-19 21-8

混雙：李龍大/李孝貞（韓國）擊敗　宋波爾/庫恩查拉（泰國）21-8 21-7

官方網頁：http://www.koreaopen.kr/kor/info/default.asp

11 January 2009

Tine Rasmussen and Lee Chong Wei once again stole the show on finals day of the Malaysia Open with their second consecutive title in as many years.

Indonesians Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir finally got their revenge from their Olympic defeat to Koreans Lee Yong Dae and Lee Hyo Jung but the latter redeemed themselves with one title each in their respective doubles.

The Indonesians quickly got off the blocks in the first final of the day against Olympic champions Lee Yong Dae and Lee Hyo Jung of Korea. The Indonesians took advantage of the Koreans’ many mistakes and won their first Malaysia Open title 21-14, 21-19 in just 32 minutes.

“We felt good today and we started targeting Lee Hyo Jung even more when we saw that she was the weakest link on the day. We also tried to mix up the pace as much as we could to destabilise the Koreans,” explained Lilyana after the match.

In the following match-up, Tine Rasmussen didn’t disappoint her many Malaysian fans by winning a second title in a row, this time against Zhou Mi of Hong Kong.

The Dane started strong in the first game but temporarily lost control of her match when she got anxious at the end of the second. However, the tall European was not put her off by her opponent’s relentless attack and threw her racket in the air out of pure joy after she grabbed the third game to earn her first victory of the year with a score of 21-17, 15-21, 21-16.

“I feel such great support in Malaysia. Everybody likes me here so it really is an inspiration when I’m on court at this tournament. Now I will enjoy this medal and will not think about the Korea Open until…tomorrow,” joked the Dane.

“With such a great start after such a great year in 2008, my main targets for 2009 will be the All England and winning the gold at the World Championships. I do set myself targets but at the same time am cautious of never having too many high expectations. This may explain why I look so deeply happy when I win tournaments like this one.”

The main dish of the afternoon menu consisted of a repeat of the 2004 final between Park Sung Hwan and local superstar Lee Chong Wei in quest for a fifth title at his home event. The Malaysian had an easier encounter than the previous day against Peter Gade and erased all of the Korean’s hopes in less than 39 minutes.

“With this win in hand, I’m looking forward to meet Lin Dan in finals again this year and I will be up to the challenge,” said Chong Wei, who won his fifth Malaysian Open title in just six editions of the tournament.

Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China will probably never again be the same players they were when they grabbed the Olympic title in 2004. The Chinese might have felt a lack of training and the absence of a coach during their match against Koreans Lee Hyo Jung – on her second appearance of the day – and Lee Kyung Won.

As opposed to just one year ago, the Chinese – who seem to have lost their ability to change defence into attack – didn’t seem to know what to do anymore against their opponent’s offensive play and easily went down in two games.

In the last match of the tournament, Lee Yong Dae – also on his second appearance of the day – and explosive partner Jung Jae Sung may have once again been taken to three games for a third consecutive time during the tournament but finally overcame the newly formed duo of Alven Yulianto Chandra and Hendra Gunawan of Indonesia, one of the new pairs to watch out for.

Jung and Lee will undoubtedly be going to next week’s Korea Open as the current hottest pair in the world after winning the last three consecutive Super Series tournaments in a row. The Koreans took 48 minutes to make the 2009 Malaysia Open title theirs.

Results :

MS : Lee Chong Wei [MAS] beat Park Sung Hwan [KOR] 21-14 21-13

WS : Tine Rasmussen [DEN] beat Zhou Mi [HKG] 21-17 15-21 21-16

MD : Lee Yong Dae/Jung Jae Sung [KOR] beat Alvent Yulianto Chandra/Hendra Aprida Gunawan [INA] 18-21 21-14 21-14

WD : Lee Hyo Jung/Lee Kyung Won [KOR] beat Yang Wei/Zhang Jiawen [CHN] 21-15 21-12

XD : Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir [INA] beat Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung [KOR] 21-14 21-19

Official Website : http://www.bam.org.my/tournament/webapps/proton_malaysia_open_2009/